CEO Report on COVID-19 and Soil Evaluation Services

August 2020

Summer 2020 Newsletter

CEO Report on COVID-19 at Hammontree and

Morris Knowles Companies

We are happy to report all staff remains employed and working at Hammontree and Morris Knowles Companies. No employee has been laid off. No pay cuts were implemented. We have had no known cases of Covid-19. We will be needing more staff by September including part time interns. Our staff is focused on serving our customers.

"Respect our flag, it is the greatest symbol of hope and freedom born by man." Those who would disrespect it would steal your hope and freedom... and theirs.

Charles F. Hammontree, P.E., P.S., C.E.O.

Soil Evaluation Department is Awarded Mahoning County Water Pollution Control Loan Fund Projects

Hammontree's Environmental Science and Soil Evaluation Department, which provides services in Ohio and Pennsylvania was recently awarded projects from the Mahoning County Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF). This program is funded by Ohio EPA to provide financial and technical assistance to qualified homeowners with failed septic systems. Management of the grant funds is handled by a county agency, either the Health Department or The Soil and Water Conservation District. Hammontree's Soil Evaluation Department has also participated in the program in Ashtabula, Harrison and Jefferson Counties.